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Once developers get their Apple Watches, they're going to make improvements quickly

Apr 27, 2015

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-apps-will-improve-in-two-weeks-2015-4:

Most third-party apps for the Apple Watch have been created by developers that have yet to actually try out a physical Apple Watch — and that means most third-party apps haven’t actually been tested on the device itself.Once developers get their watches, they’re going to make a bunch of improvements quickly. Developing games for the Apple Watch has been a unique challenge. With the iPad, you could at least understand how your app would work because the apps were running on the iPad itself. With the Apple Watch, the delay from tapping the Apple Watch’s screen, to processing on the iPhone, to updating the screen from iPhone to Apple Watch, is something that was simulated in the iOS Simulator but not exactly understood and felt until you used the real Apple Watch.

#applewatch #watchkit #iosdev #games #gamedev #apps

  1. Pet Cute-or-Not App For Apple Watch

    Apr 24, 2015

    http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/20/8458917/buzzfeed-apple-watch-apps-poll-cute-or-not:

    "We were thinking you’d just quickly go look at a few pictures of pets when you’re in the need. You can get that little jolt of pet quick fix."

    Sure, why not? If there’s a good time to …

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    #applewatch #football #indiedev #games #watchkit

  2. Facebook Reports First Quarter 2015 Results

    Apr 23, 2015

    http://investor.fb.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=908022:

    Mobile advertising revenue represented approximately 73% of advertising revenue for the first quarter of 2015, up from approximately 59% of advertising revenue in the first quarter of 2014.

    It’s great to see how far Facebook has advanced their mobile advertising. I …

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    #applewatch #facebook #earnings #revenue #games #indiedev #watchkit

  3. Key Difference Between Large Screen and Small Screen Games

    Apr 22, 2015

    http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-04-22-could-the-apple-watch-become-one-of-gamings-galapagos-islands

    The main difference [between console games and iPhone games] was that when you’ve got the player sat on a sofa with the big screen looming, you can assume you have an hour cleared in their schedule. For a phone game, you have to …

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    #applewatch #watchkit #ios #games #indiedev #gamecomparison

  4. Announcing Football Twos, Our 3rd Apple Watch Game

    Apr 7, 2015

    I’m thrilled to announce our 3rd Apple Watch game called Football Twos. Coding, designing, and marketing these Apple Watch games under Robot 5 Studios has been an amazing journey, and I’m excited to see everyone get a chance to play our Apple Watch games on April 24th.

    To …

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    #apple-watch #watchkit #ios #iosdev #indiedev #games #apple-watch-games #football

  5. The Best Part About Creating Apple Watch Games

    Apr 6, 2015

    Building Apple Watch games has been nothing short of an amazing experience, from designing for a watch-sized screen to creating all the different images for animations. And the best part - being silly with the games and the characters and feeling like a kid again. I decided to update the poster …

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    #apple-watch #watchkit #ios #iosdev #indiedev #games #apple-watch-games

  6. Playing Games on the Apple Watch

    Apr 2, 2015

    AppAdvice wrote a nice piece about gaming on the Apple Watch and two of our games, Berry Quest and Blackjack Mini. They make a good point about battery life: if you play a long game on the Apple Watch, will you be able to use the watch for an entire …

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    #apple-watch #watchkit #ios #iosdev #indiedev #games #apple-watch-games

  7. Apple Watch Game Submissions

    Apr 1, 2015

    Apple is now accepting submissions of Apple Watch apps. Let’s see how our submission of our Berry Quest Apple Watch game does. There were several minor issues submitting the app, so if you’re submitting your Apple Watch app, give yourself some extra time and be patient. Check the …

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    #apple-watch #watchkit #ios #iosdev #indiedev #games #apple-watch-games

  8. Prepping Blackjack Mini, our 2nd Apple Watch Game

    Apr 1, 2015

    We’re about to prep all the screenshots and text for our 2nd Apple Watch game, Blackjack Mini. This will be the first ever (and best!) card game for the Apple Watch!

    Check out the Blackjack Mini website and teaser trailer for a cool sneak peek!

    #apple-watch #watchkit #ios #iosdev #indiedev #games #apple-watch-games